gaRqI · gaṇḍī 1 · gaṇḍī 2
Gaṇḍī (feminine) [= gaṇḍikā in meaning 1; probably = Sanskrit ghaṇṭā in meaning 2] 1. a shaft or stalk, used as a bar Ja I 237. 2. a gong Dhp-a I 291 (gaṇḍiṃ paharati to beat the g.); II 54, 244; gaṇḍiṃ ākoṭetvā Pj I 251. Cf. Avś I 258, 264, 272; II 87, 95 and Divy 335, 336. Also in gaṇḍi-saññā "sign with the gong" Ja IV 306. 3. the executioner's block (= gaṇḍikā or gaṇṭhikā) Ja III 41. [BD]: #2: gong-perception: to perceive (the time to meditate, etc.) though the sound of the gong.
gaṇḍī (= Pali id. ; cf. gaṇḍi, °ḍikā ), gong ; very often with a form of ākoṭayati , q.v. : Mvy 9155 ; gaṇḍy ākoṭitā Divy 336.11 ; 337.9 ( cf. gaṇḍir āk° 335.13 ); Av i.258.9 ; 272.1 , etc. ; in ii.87.2 read with ms. gaṇḍī-mākoṭyatām, cf. Kv 36.17 na ca tvayā dharma-gaṇḍī-mākoṭyamānā śrutā ( fig. , the gong of the dharma ); esp. as a sign of meal-time, gaṇḍī-kāle Av i.264.8 ; gaṇḍī-deśanākāle Av ii.95.1 , app. at the time of the manifestation of the gong , i.e. at dinner-time, see Speyerʼs note ; in Av i.258.1 and ii.10.8 is printed instead of this gaṇḍī-deśa-kāle, but Speyer on ii.95.1 would emend deśa to deśanā, prob. rightly.
(fem, fem) gong
(fem, fem) executioner's block
(adj, adj) having boils